Fratria II (Bulgarian: Фратрия II) or Fratria 2 is a Bulgarian football team based in Varna. Founded in 2023, it is the reserve team of Fratria, and currently plays in Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football. Fratria's home ground is the Staro Oryahovo Stadium, which has a capacity of 1,000 spectators.

FC Fratria II
Full nameФутболен Клуб Фратрия Варна
Fratria Varna Football Club
Founded30 June 2023; 13 months ago (2023-06-30)
GroundStaro Oryahovo Stadium, Staro Oryahovo
Capacity1,000
ChairmanViktor Bakurevich
ManagerEvgeny Gashchuk
LeagueThird League
2023–24A Regional Varna, 2nd (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

Obliged to play one level below their main side, Fratria II is ineligible for promotion to Second League and also cannot compete in the Bulgarian Cup.

History

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Fratria was established in 2021 by businessman Viktor Bakurevich, owner of Berezka supermarkets. Bakurevich decided to start an academy that is free from taxes, making the club base in Benkovski, Varna Province.[1] The team won the league and on 29 May 2023, Fratria secured promotion to Third League, being called the fastest developing team, because their quick promotion to the third league and the development of their base and academy.[2]

Fratria established a second team that joined a regional league.[1] The team was a leader, together with FC Aksakovo, with Aksakovo winning the league at the end of season and Fratria II finishing second.[3] On 4 June 2024 the team announced they are promoted to Third League.[4][5]

Players

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Current squad

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As of 19 August 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   BUL Erik Georgiev
2 DF   BUL Denis Corso
3 DF   BUL Tsvetan Tinev
4 DF   UKR Serghi Chyzhyk
6 MF   BUL Viktor Ignatov
8 MF   UKR Arseniy Bogdanov
9 FW   UKR Andriy Kunitsyn
10 FW   BUL Nikola Radushev
13 DF   BUL Ivaylo Petrov
14 MF   BUL Mohammed Habash
15 DF   BUL Todor Nikolov
18 MF   BUL Nikola Totev
21 MF   BUL Kaloyan Kunchev
23 MF   BUL Emil Haralanov
26 DF   BUL Kaloyan Ivanov
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 DF   UKR Oleksandr Filonchuk
34 MF   BUL Nikola Keskinov
35 MF   BUL Denislav Hasanov
39 MF   BUL Bogdan Hristov
64 DF   VGB Momchil Yordanov
74 MF   RUS Мikhail Gashchuk
75 FW   UKR Andriy Lisak
81 FW   UKR Oleksiy Mazhynskyi
96 GK   BUL Valentin Dimitrov
GK   UKR Vladyslav Ukrainskyi
GK   BUL Emir Nedret
DF   COL Julio Rodriguez
MF   RUS Platon Bakurevich
FW   UKR Artyom Karacoy

Foreign players

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Up to five non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the Bulgarian First Professional League however only three can be used in a match day. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Bulgarian citizenship after playing in Bulgaria for 5 years.

Personnel

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Managerial history

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Dates Name Honours
2023–   Evgeniy Gashchuk

Seasons

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League positions

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Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria)Regional Amateur Football Groups (Bulgaria)

Past seasons

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Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season League Top goalscorer
Division Level P W D L F A GD Pts Pos
2023–24 A Regional Varna 4 20 15 2 3 48 7 +41 47 2nd ↑
2024–25 Third League 3

References

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